Vern A. Morgan
Home Town: Council Bluffs, IA
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Vern A. Morgan, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beaufort, France, November 4, 1918. Although he was wounded early in the engagement by shrapnel, Lieutenant Morgan, after receiving first-aid treatment, immediately returned to his company and led it throughout the day. After taking the town of Beaufort, he pushed on with his command to its objective through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, 40 per cent of his company becoming casualties.
